Are they sure it isn’t the pastor themselves that are trying to increase their output of incendiary sermons asking for donations by adding AI-made sermons?
AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
Submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
schwim@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
It makes sense, it’s a proven pool of gullibility.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
couldn’t have happened to worse people
teft@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The really funny thing is the congregations can’t train their flock on how to avoid these scams because if they do then the church won’t be able to scam them any more.
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
texture@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This only makes the most sense. What other group has proven to be easier to scam? None, I’d imagine.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The AI won’t rape the kids though, so we’ll still need some priests on staff
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Not for Grok’s lack of trying
FarrellPerks@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
As opposed to the actual pastors who usually run the scams?
rekabis@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I mean, when the crime is going to happen regardless…
uberdroog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the whole point of church, no?
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Scammed by the pastors or scammed by AI, not really seeing a difference. I guess there’s more of a chance the pastor is a pedophile? Who knows.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
damn. I need to get in on this honestly
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
So this is what they meant when they said AI was gonna take people’s jobs…
DreamMachine@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, it makes both jobs and scamming more effective.
switcheroo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Considering how dumb and gullible the average religious nutjob is, this should be one helluva easy grift.
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Those scammers should stop scamming those scammers talking about an invisible sky daddy.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I guess the only solution is to get rid of churches to prevent the continuation.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
let em, stupid tax, better than them donating to republicans.
those conman pastors don’t get to complain.
“hey, I was going to steal that!!”
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They noticed something was wrong when the pastor wasn’t raping children
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You don’t need AI when you got keneth copeland
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
AI is more convincingly human than kenneth copeland.
pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
lol, gotta keep that religious scam scheme a-chugging.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I consider this the kinda the only ethical use of ai. Kinda.
SeaSgt@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
No deepfake required there.
luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
My aunt already falls for every religious scam under the sun. Donate for this good cause here, help build a church there, God told me to do whatever and I need some assistance…
Religion is one hell of a drug and I’m not surprised that a community convinced of their divine protection would contain enough gullible victims to make it worth the effort. They might not all be that stupid, but it’s like MMOs: some whales are enough to make it profitable.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Beware of false prophets or something…
“If those kids could read, they would be very upset”
MetalSlugX@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Good?
Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
My mom’s favorite pastor is dead, but I’ll still tell her about this.
She believes in a magic sky god who set his own rules up for us to fail by way of damnation. A pastor coming back to life wouldn’t be a jump in her reality.
toiletobserver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Reminds me of Louis CK’s SNL monologue…
Hey you can’t say something racist! I was saying something racist already!
felsiq@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
11 comments and every single one is dunking on religion… have I ever mentioned I love this place?
yannic@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I signed up because it wasn’t an echochamber.
felsiq@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
People being less inclined to woo-woo stuff around here doesn’t make it an echo chamber, the same way people being more inclined to techy stuff here doesn’t make it one. It’s not like dissenting opinions are prevented or suppressed, they’re just less common (and when it comes to generally homophobic religions, I’m personally happy about that).
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
They really are coming for everybody’s jobs.
dumbass@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Pastors: Hey! It’s my job to rip them off! Damn AI taking our jobs!
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Who could possibly have seen that coming. It'll be Trump supporters who donate next.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
You didn’t even need ai. They still love bannon after he openly stole millions and posted a video laughing about it on his yacht.
Jhex@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
easy targets
Goretantath@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t see a problem, its one scammer vs another…